29
Jan
2016
School Funding: The Road to Equity for NYC
Friday, January 29, 2016 -
9:45am to 12:00pm
Nearly every conversation about improving New York City’s public schools includes a call for more funding.
Education
13
Jan
2016
Using Research Evidence to Catalyze Change in Youth Services
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 -
3:00pm to 5:00pm
Join us for a conversation about the effective use of research in youth services practice. This session will explore the role of research evidence in strengthening youth programs; the utilization of such evidence by practitioners, funders, policy...
07
Jan
2016
Powerful Resource or Unhealthy Distraction? The Ongoing Debate about Young People and Technology
Thursday, January 7, 2016 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Technology is omnipresent in the lives of American youth. Studies show that by the time they turn two, more than a third of kids have used a mobile device; and nearly a quarter of teens are online “almost constantly.”
07
Dec
2015
Campaign for Grade Level Reading: The Funder Action Series, Part 1 - Webinar
Monday, December 7, 2015 -
11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the first of a four part series, that will explore the Campaign for Grade Level Reading Initiative and its core community solution areas.
04
Dec
2015
Catching Up: What High Schools Are Doing to Move Kids from Elementary Knowledge to College Ready
Friday, December 4, 2015 -
9:15am to 11:30am
Almost a quarter of our New York City kids do not graduate from high school. Thousands come in far behind and the system is not meeting their needs.
19
Nov
2015
Education Reform in Newark: Lessons for Philanthropy
Thursday, November 19, 2015 -
8:45am to 11:00am
On September 24, 2010, when Mark Zuckerberg joined Newark Mayor Cory Booker and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on the stage of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” to announce his unprecedented gift of $100 million to transform Newark’s public schools, the...
15
Oct
2015
Lunch 4 Learning: Making Universal Free Lunch a Public Health Issue
Thursday, October 15, 2015 -
9:00am to 11:30am
An astonishing 75% of NYC’s 1.1 million public school students – 780,000 children – are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. However, only 250,000 (1 in 3) eligible students participate in school lunch programs.
08
Oct
2015
Making Space for Tinkering, Design-Thinking and Technology in Education
Thursday, October 8, 2015 -
8:45am to 10:30am
Over the past five years, the “maker movement” has generated significant buzz, and “makerspaces” are popping up in libraries, museums and schools.
09
Sep
2015
Celebrating the Films of Frederick Wiseman: A Special Retrospective
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 -
5:00pm to 7:30pm
Widely regarded as one of our greatest living documentary filmmakers, Frederick Wiseman has spent his nearly 50-year career making films that capture the drama and nuance of American institutions.
24
Jun
2015
Learning the Way: DACA, Educational Attainment and Philanthropy - Webinar
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 -
1:00pm to 2:30pm
For more than two million youth and young adults in the United States, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) offers first-time access to the American Dream.
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